As a follow-up to this activity, individually you should try to answer a couple of the questions below by explaining your thoughts. Feel free to discuss the questions with your group but enter them yourself. To chose a question, click on the question "Question Number" you would like to answer and then follow the directions by using the discussion forum.
Explain if this lesson differed from other lessons you may have experienced when learning about the civil rights movement or another historical event. If it did differ, how did it differ? Explain.
How did the instructional strategies in the 1:1 Immersion Experience differ from traditional strategies you have experienced as a learner? Were they different?
What prerequisite skills would a HS junior need to have to get the most out of a 1:1 classroom learning experience such as this? What skills did you feel you might have needed to get the most out of this learning experience?
1 to 1 Immersion Activity Follow-Up
As a follow-up to this activity, individually you should try to answer a couple of the questions below by explaining your thoughts. Feel free to discuss the questions with your group but enter them yourself. To chose a question, click on the question "Question Number" you would like to answer and then follow the directions by using the discussion forum.
Question 1
Explain if this lesson differed from other lessons you may have experienced when learning about the civil rights movement or another historical event. If it did differ, how did it differ? Explain.Question 2
Did technology change your learning experience? If so, how? If not, why not? Please elaborate.Question 3
How did the instructional strategies in the 1:1 Immersion Experience differ from traditional strategies you have experienced as a learner? Were they different?Question 4
As a learner, how did the "creative chaos" of the 1:1 Immersion Experience make you feel? Were you comfortable, uncomfortable, etc.?Question 5
What prerequisite skills would a HS junior need to have to get the most out of a 1:1 classroom learning experience such as this? What skills did you feel you might have needed to get the most out of this learning experience?Question 6
What was the experience of peer review like for you? Was this helpful? Was it strange given that your thoughts were open to all participants? Explain.Question 7
What "best practices" in this experience do you think the facilitator in your classroom demonstrated? What 1:1 best practices were not demonstrated?